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Vidović is a Croatian
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

 surname. In Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

, it is a common surname in the middle and south Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....

, Međimurje, Požega
Požega, Croatia
Požega is a city in western Slavonia, eastern Croatia, with a total population of 26,403 . It is the administrative center of the Požega-Slavonia County.-Geography:...

, Zagorje
Zagorje
Hrvatsko Zagorje is a region in northern Croatia.Zagorje may also refer to:*Zagorje ob Savi, a town and a municipality in Slovenia*NK Zagorje, a Slovenian football club-See also:...

 and Banovina
Banovina
Banovina may refer to:* One of the subdivisions of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia from 1929 to 1941* Any territory ruled by a ban * Banovina in central Croatia, also known as Banija...

. It is formed by the patronymic suffix -ić, the possessive infix -ov- and the base Vid, a common Christian given name in Croatia, Slavic variety of the Latin Vitus
Vitus
Saint Vitus was a Christian saint from Sicily. He died as a martyr during the persecution of Christians by co-ruling Roman Emperors Diocletian and Maximian in 303. Vitus is counted as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Roman Catholic Church....

, name of the Christian Saint.

The surname may refer to:
  • Ivica Vidović
    Ivica Vidovic
    Ivica Vidović was a Croatian and Yugoslav actor who appeared in many classic films in the cinematic output of the former Yugoslavia....

     (1939-), Croatian actor
  • Albin Vidović
    Albin Vidovic
    Albin Vidović is a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal. He played one match.-External links:* ...

     (1943-), Croatian handball player
  • Lazar Vidovic
    Lazar Vidovic
    Lazar Vidovic is a former Australian rules footballer.He was recruited from Castlemaine, Victoria and debuted in 1989 with the St Kilda Football Club...

     (1965-), Australian footballer
  • Gordan Vidović
    Gordan Vidovic
    Gordan Vidović is a former football player who played for the Belgium national team.His first club was FK Igman from Ilidža, suburb of Sarajevo. He was spotted there in 1988, by FK Željezničar Sarajevo and soon moved to this top division club. When the War in Bosnia-Herzegovina started, he went to...

     (1968-), Croatian footballer
  • Viktor Vidović
    Viktor Vidović
    Viktor Vidović is a Croatian classical guitarist. He is the older brother of Ana Vidović.-Early years:Born in Karlovac, Croatia, Viktor Vidović came from a well-known musical family, whose influence on his achievements was very big...

     (1973-), Croatian guitar player
  • Ana Vidović
    Ana Vidovic
    Ana Vidović is a Croatian virtuoso classical guitarist. A child prodigy, she started playing guitar at the age of five, inspired by her brother Viktor...

     (1980-), Croatian guitar player
  • Jovan Vidović
    Jovan Vidovic
    Jovan Vidović is a Slovenian football defender, who plays for NK Maribor in Slovenian PrvaLiga.-Club Career:He started his football career at NK Šmartno, but later left the side for ND Slovan together with Šmartno teammate Dalibor Stojanović at the age of 14. With his new club he became...

    (1989), Slovenian footballer
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